Tex. Insurance Code § 1251.451
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 1251.451, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 1251.451. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LAWS TO OUT-OF-STATE GROUP ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE.
Official statutory text
(a) Chapters 1365 and 1368 and Subchapters A and C, Chapter 1451, apply to:
(1) a certificate of insurance issued to a resident of this state under a group accident and health insurance policy delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed outside this state; or
(2) a certificate issued to a resident of this state under a policy delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed outside this state by a group hospital service corporation.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a specified disease or limited benefit policy.
(1) a certificate of insurance issued to a resident of this state under a group accident and health insurance policy delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed outside this state; or
(2) a certificate issued to a resident of this state under a policy delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed outside this state by a group hospital service corporation.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a specified disease or limited benefit policy.
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